In a message dated 5/4/2003 3:50:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Valerie writes:

> Most people are focused on the DHA oil additive to infant formula.  So I
> thought that in the interest of balanced reporting we should get a birds
> eye
> view of the production of the AA or ARA oils to infant formula..........

Read the patent, don't understand much it, but, what a mess!

Would be interesting to *compare* this synthetic chemical process to how a
woman produces these or similar componants for breastmilk.

That would make a good newspaper article, or better yet, "60 minutes" TV
segment.

Debbie Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
Springfield, Virginia USA
In the Fairfax County suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway

<A HREF="www.BestBreastfeeding.Info">www.BestBreastfeeding.Info</A>



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